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WEEC NEWS - THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010 & WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010
NEWS FROM THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010
IT’S TIME FOR NEWS ON WEEC!
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR TODAY UNTIL 8PM. THE HEAT INDEX VALUE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 90’S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RISE TO 90 DEGREES UNDER SUNNY SKIES. WHEN A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED, RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY IN AIR CONDITIONING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND LIMIT OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
TEMPERATURES ARE PREDICTED TO RISE BY ONE DEGREE EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY COULD REACH 92 DEGREES, WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON, GOING UP TO A 50 PERCENT POSSIBILITY SATURDAY NIGHT. SUNDAY BRINGS TEMPERATURES PEAKING AT 86 DEGREES AND A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. SKIES ON FRIDAY SHOULD BE SUNNY WITH CALM WINDS AND HIGHS NEAR 91. SUNSHINE IS BACK IN THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
RESIDENTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY ARE BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE POWER IN THIS HEAT WAVE. DP&L OFFICIALS SAID THEY HAVE INCREASED CREWS AND ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR SERVICE. LOCAL HOSPITALS REPORTED NO HEAT-RELATED INJURIES YESTERDAY, ALTHOUGH THEY SAY THEY ARE PREPARED FOR THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOT DAYS. THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS WITH SIX OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOL BUILDINGS LACKING AIR CONDITIONING, STUDENTS WERE SENT HOME TWO HOURS EARLY YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.
WITH SCHOOL STARTING, VARIOUS CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE HAVING EVENTS FOR CHILDREN. LIBERTY BAPTIST TEMPLE, 5470 SPRINGFIELD-JAMESTOWN ROAD…BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND CEDARVILLE, WILL HOST THEIR SECOND ANNUAL FAMILY FUNFEST THIS SATURDAY FROM 5-9PM. CHRISTIAN ILLUSIONIST RICK YOUNG WILL BE THERE USING MAGIC TRICKS AND ILLUSIONS TO HELP SPREAD GOD’S WORD. THERE WILL BE GAMES, PONY RIDES AND FACE PAINTING, AS WELL AS VOLLEYEBALL, CORNHOLE AND LOTS OF FOOD, ACCORDING TO PASTOR KERMIT ROWE. HE SAID THEY WILL HAVE FREE FAMILY PACKS FOR EACH FAMILY WHO ATTENDS. THEY ARE PLANNING A VEGGIE TALES PIRATE BACK TO SCHOOL CELEBRATION TOO…THAT WILL BE COMING ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST FROM 10AM-4PM AT THE CHURCH. THIS IS A ONE-DAY VBS THAT USES THE VEGGIE TALES MOVIE, “THE PIRATES WHO DON’T DO ANYTHING”. SCHOOL SUPPLIES WILL BE GIVEN FREE TO EACH CHILD WHO ATTENDS ON THE 21ST, AND A HOT LUNCH WILL BE SERVED. THAT’S AT LIBERTY BAPTIST TEMPLE, JUST SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD ON ROUTE 72. PLEASE RSVP FOR EITHER EVENT BY CALLING PASTOR KERMIT ROWE AT 937/605-5086 OR THE CHURCH OFFICE AT 937/322-1776.
THE CABLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FAIR! THEY PREPARE BRATS, BISCUITS, GRAVY AND OTHER FOOD FOR FAIR-GOERS. VOLUNTEERS SERVE THE PUBLIC AT THE FAIR…WHILE RAISING MONEY FOR THEIR CHURCH. THEIR SIGNATURE DISH IS “CABLE SUNSHINE”…A SAUSAGE PATTY, EGG AND CHEESE ON A BUN! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CABLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR 50 YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FAIR…AND THANKS FROM ALL OF US!
REMEMBER TO STOP BY OUR BOOTH IN THE MERCHANTS BUILDING AT THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FAIR IN URBANA! THE FAIR ENDS FRIDAY, AUGUST 13TH…AND WE WOULD ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND TALK WITH YOU!
UNFORTUNATELY, XENIA IS HAVING TO CANCEL THEIR 2010 OLD FASHIONED DAYS FESTIVAL WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 18-19 AT SHAWNEE PARK. JEFF EYRICH, CHAIRMAN OF OLD FASHIONED DAYS, SAID THEY REACHED THAT DECISION BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH VENDORS. EYRICH SAYS FINDING VENDORS AND SPONSORS ARE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE. SOME VENDORS THAT THEY USED IN 2008 AND 2009 ARE OUT OF BUSINESS AND OTHERS COULDN’T AFFORD IT, WHILE OTHERS SAID IT WASN’T WORTH DOING SINCE THE PARADE HAD BEEN CANCELLED. EYRICH SAYS, “IT’S JUST A TOUGH TIME. EVERYBODY’S CUTTING AND WATCHING THEIR EXPENSES AND MAKING SURE THEY STAY AFLOAT…AND SPONSORING A FESTIVAL IS NOT ONE OF THE PRIORITIES.” THE OLD FASHIONED DAYS GROUP IS COMMITTED AND OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HAVING THE FESTIVAL IN 2011.
AN AIRTRAN AIRWAYS BOEING 717 FLIGHT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS MORNING AFTER THE PILOTS RECEIVED A WARNING ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE LEFT ENGINE. THE PLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT JUST AFTER 9:00 THIS MORNING, ACCORDING TO CHRISTOPHER WHITE, AIRTRAN’S DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS. PASSENGERS WERE REACCOMMODATED AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE EN ROUTE TO DAYTON TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT, WHITE SAID.
OHIO’S CONTROLLING BOARD RELEASED $2 MILLION TUESDAY TO HELP FUND THE CALAMITYVILLE PROJECT AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY IN FAIRBORN. CALAMITYVILLE IS A NATIONAL CENTER FOR MEDICAL READINESS TRAINING CENTER THAT WILL TEACH THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDICAL READINESS IN EMERGENCY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. CALAMITYVILLE IS ENVISIONED AS A ONE-OF-A-KIND TRAINING FACILITY THAT WILL BE USED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
IT MIGHT BE HOT TODAY, BUT WEEC HAS PLENTY OF WATER AVAILABLE TO KEEP YOU REFRESHED AT THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FAIR! AT OUR WEEC BOOTH TODAY UNTIL 5PM WILL BE LYNN BERNA. DON’T FORGET TO PUT YOUR NAME IN FOR THE DRAWING FOR THE GAITHER HOMECOMING TICKETS THAT WILL BE DRAWN DURING REQUEST TIME TODAY BETWEEN 3 AND 3:55 PM!
THE ROCKING HORSE CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD HAS BEEN HONORED DURING NATIONAL HEALTH CENTER WEEK! STATE REPRESENTATIVE ROSS McGREGOR PRESENTED A COMMENDATION TODAY HONORING THE ROCKING HORSE CENTER FOR ITS NEARLY 11 YEARS OF PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE TO 1,700 CHILDREN THROUGHOUT CLARK COUNTY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR INSURANCE STATUS OR ABILITY TO PAY FOR ENHANCED MEDICAL SERVICES. McGREGOR SAID, “THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE TO THIS COMMUNITY CANNOT BE MEASURED, AND ALL OF US HERE OWE A GREAT DEAL OF THANKS TO EVERYONE AT THE ROCKING HORSE CENTER FOR THE INVALUABLE SUPPORT THEY PROVIDE.”
FUNERAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN SET FOR SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADER RICHARD KUSS. THEY WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH AT COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 201 N. LIMESTONE STREET IN SPRINGFIELD. MR. KUSS WAS 87 AND WAS KNOWN FOR HIS GENEROSITY. HIS NAME IS ON THE AUDITORIUM OF THE SPRINGFIELD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND HIS LATE WIFE’S NAME IS ON THE SCIENCE CENTER AT WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY. FORMER CONGRESSMAN DAVID HOBSON CALLED KUSS “ONE OF THE MOST CARING, GIVING PEOPLE THIS COMMUNITY HAS EVER HAD.” THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC VISITATION, HOWEVER THE 10AM SERVICE SATURDAY AT COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AS WELL AS THE BURIAL SERVICES AT FERNCLIFF CEMETERY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
A TEENAGE DRIVER WAS KILLED EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN HE HIT A CONCRETE WALL AND FLIPPED HIS VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE 75 ACCORDING TO THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. 16 YEAR OLD JORDAN DAY OF WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP WAS DRIVING A 98 LEXUS GS 400 NORTH ON I-75 WHEN A TROOPER CLOCKED HIS SPEED AT 122 MPH. DAY FLED FROM THE TROOPER, THEN STRUCK A CONCRETE MEDIAN BARRIER AND SLID ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, STRIKING A SEMI-TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED ON THE RIGHT BERM. THE VEHICLE’S ENGINE IGNITED IN FLAMES AND SLID TO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT IN THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS. DAY WAS EJECTED AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. DAY WOULD HAVE BEEN A JUNIOR AT LAKOTA EAST HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS A FIRST-TEAM, ALL-GREATER MIAMI CONFERENCE GOLFER. WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY FOR THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FAIR! WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT TO THE FAIR IN URBANA, AND WHILE THERE, STOP BY OUR BOOTH IN THE MERCHANT’S BUILDING!
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW SHOULD BE GOOD WEATHER FOR GOING TO THE FAIR…WITH CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT AND OVERNIGHT LOWS AT 71 DEGREES. THERE WILL BE SUNSHINE ON FRIDAY AND HIGHS WILL REACH 91 DEGREES. SATURDAY BRINGS THE POSSIBILITY OF RAIN, BUT ONLY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE. THAT POSSIBILITY GOES UP TO 50 PERCENT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE PRECIPITATION COULD EXTEND INTO SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK AT 92 ON SATURDAY, THEN COOL SOME FOR SUNDAY, DROPPING INTO THE MID 80’S.
THANKS FOR LISTENING TO NEWS ON WEEC!
IT’S TIME FOR OUR LIVESTOCK REPORT - DIRECT FROM UNITED PRODUCERS, INC.
RESULTS FROM GALLIPOLIS & MT. VERNON:
HOGS:
MARKET HOGS: 45.00-65.00
LIGHT: 56.75-57.00
SOWS:
LIGHT: 45.00-51.50
HEAVY: 53.25-56.50
CATTLE:
CHOICE STEERS: 85.00-94.00
CHOICE HEIFERS: 84.00-90.00
SELECT STEERS: 78.00-86.00
SELECT HEIFERS: 74.00-85.00
SHEEP AND LAMBS:
CHOICE WOOLS: 128.00-134.00
CHOICE CLIPS: 128.00-135.00
FEEDER LAMBS: 132.50 AND DOWN
AGED SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 32.00-90.00
NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010
A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE FORECAST TO RISE INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW HEAT INDEX VALUES TO RISE TO BETWEEN 100 AND 104 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN HIGH HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS
100 DEGREES OR GREATER. PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE ADVISED TO AVOID PROLONGED WORK IN SUN... OR IN POORLY VENTILATED AREAS. ALSO... KEEP PLENTY OF LIQUIDS ON HAND AND TRY TO STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT.
YES…IT WILL BE A HOT DAY TODAY WITH HIGHS REACHING 93 DEGREES! THERE IS A 40 PERCENT POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…WITH THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDING INTO TOMORROW…BUT ONLY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE THEN. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ONLY DROP TO 72 DEGREES TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK AT 89 ON THURSDAY, THEN WE GO BACK INTO THE LOWER 90’S FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WE HAVE SUNSHINE IN THE FORECAST FOR BOTH OF THOSE DAYS. WE COULD SEE MORE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FAIR CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY IN URBANA! WEEC HAS BEEN THERE ALL WEEK WITH A BOOTH IN THE MERCHANT’S BUILDING!!
THE ANNUAL FREE LUNCH FOR SENIORS WAS HELD TUESDAY, OFFERING SENIOR CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS AT THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FAIR…AND BE ENTERTAINED BY OHIO’S FIRST LADY, FRANCES STRICKLAND! THE LUNCH WAS SPONSORED BY MERCY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND THE MERCY McAULEY CENTER. FREE MEALS WERE PROVIDED FOR ABOUT 1,300 SENIORS ON TUESDAY. MRS. STRICKLAND SAID SHE LOVES FAIRS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO FAMILY ORIENTED.
FUNERAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN SET FOR SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADER RICHARD KUSS. THEY WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH AT COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 201 N. LIMESTONE STREET IN SPRINGFIELD. MR. KUSS WAS 87 AND WAS KNOWN FOR HIS GENEROSITY. HIS NAME IS ON THE AUDITORIUM OF THE SPRINGFIELD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND HIS LATE WIFE’S NAME IS ON THE SCIENCE CENTER AT WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY. FORMER CONGRESSMAN DAVID HOBSON CALLED KUSS “ONE OF THE MOST CARING, GIVING PEOPLE THIS COMMUNITY HAS EVER HAD.” THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC VISITATION, HOWEVER THE 10AM SERVICE SATURDAY AT COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AS WELL AS THE BURIAL SERVICES AT FERNCLIFF CEMETERY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WEEC WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OUR LISTENERS TO DRIVE SAFELY! ON MONDAY, THREE TEENS WERE HURT IN CAR CRASHES. ONE OCCURRED IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP WHEN 17 YEAR OLD, JESSICA K. FROST OF SPRINGFIELD, WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON OHIO 4 NEAR GEORGE ROGERS CLARK PARK AND HIT AN ODOT VEHICLE PARKED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. FROST WAS TRAPPED IN HER VEHICLE AND EMERGENCY CREWS HAD TO EXTRICATE HER. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL. IN THE OTHER ACCIDENT ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, KIERSTEN HAY, 18, OF WOODSTOCK, AND 20 YEAR OLD JOHN WILSON FROM MARYSVILLE WERE CRITICALLY INJURED WHEN HAY LOST CONTROL OF HER SUV ON STATE ROUTE 4 NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. BOTH HAY AND WILSON WERE TRAPPED AND CREWS HAD TO WORK FOR 35 MINUTES TO FREE THEM. THEY WERE ALSO FLOWN TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL.
PLEASE….ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEATBELT, AVOID DISTRACTIONS, WATCH YOUR SPEED AND DRIVE SAFELY!
COME ON OUT TO THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FAIR AND SEE US AT OUR BOOTH IN THE MERCHANTS’ BUILDING! BE SURE TO FILL OUT YOUR ENTRY FORM WHEN THERE FOR THE GAITHER HOMECOMING TICKETS WHICH WILL BE DRAWN THIS AFTERNOON DURING REQUEST TIME! THAT PROGRAM AIRS FROM 3-3:55 ON WEEC!!
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